Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Name the Details

Since we're wasting valuable Department resources on a church, a church that has advocated non cooperation with the police and championed those who back a "no snitching" policy, we figured it was time to bring a couple more misuses of Department assets to the fore. Time will tell if they are actually getting four separate POD cameras in the next few days as is rumored.

Everyone knows about the Meeks church detail using tact teams for traffic control around his monster church. The C.R.O.E. detail is another. Sabina's is only the latest in a continuing series of wasteful spending. Any more obvious wastes of taxpayer money in these trying times?

Remember, since we have to police smarter, we better spend money smarter, too.

UPDATE: Add the political details, too. Burke and his detail for imaginary threats from 20 years ago for starters.

Kind of along the same lines... how about detailing two P.O.'s into News Affairs in order to maintain the department's upcoming FaceBook page? First of all, why the hell do we need a FaceBook page? To make friends with other police departments? Secondly, I thought they were trying to thin the ranks at HQ in order to put more bodies in the districts? Smoke and mirrors, as usual.

Since November The Chicago Police Department has spent at least $2.2 million to secure President Barack Obama's Kenwood residence since he was elected in November, according to documents released Monday by the city."

WHY are those "churches" getting special details? With the money they are pulling in, they can afford their own security. Just another example of the far reaching hand of gangbangers and criminals reaching up the government's ass.

Churches and phony revs have always been a big problem for the CPD! I remember a guy in the deuce hated working there so he kept writing tickets at a church around 45th and Wabash during their services!.Rice went crazy! Presto! He was gone! Sent to Gresham and shortly after that, one of the lucky ones to go to the newly created 022! Genius I say, genius!

tact LT. in 022 just got dumped for low numbers---but 2 tact cars are held down at racine courts (CHA) and the 11500-11700 blocks of south church st in 022. hey residents of beats 2211 and 2212, you wanna know why there are no police cars in your area---details!!!!!

Ancient history, but in 018 there was a guy that used to show up on pay day to pick up a check. Not many people knew who the guy was. I asked one time and found out he was assigned as the personal bodyguard to the Greek Archbishop of Chicago. Eventually, the detail was ended and he came back to 018.

I'm sure they STILL have one going on with the Catholic Cardinal, and/or his Lincoln Park mansion.

In 022 there is a 24/7 car to sit on Racine Courts AND another on Church street. Useless. Retarded. Waste of our time. Shootings go up in the north end of the district and the tax payers on the west end don't see us because of these ridiculous babysitting details.

The problem with the Burke detail is that none of the mainstream media have the balls to attack the man. They're all terrified.

I mean, it's not like then-Appellate court justice Anne Burke didn't have a playground built on top of the appeals court building for their adopted/stolen son "Baby T." No, that shit never happened. Go to the top of Daley Center and look West Southwest and you'll see it.

Everyone of these detail locations has coppers that are hangers-on trying to curry favor. Let them provide off-duty security/traffic control. Let them wear their uniforms just no O.T. pay for doing it.

I have done unpaid security work for my church both in uniform and in plain clothes. Just let the on duty W/C in the district know what you are doing.

The 906 car that spends their tour on special attentions throughout the 9th district, checking on John Daley's house, Streets & San Commissioner, Fire Commissioner, Ward Offices, and the hood rat alderwomen etc......

I travel through southern states a lot and happen to see huge churches of all faiths at times when they are holding services. They always had people in vests identifying them as church members who did not appear to carry weapons yet controlled traffic all around the church lot, and away from the church without incident. Why do Chicago area churches need armed police?

Orozco has the answer about any new cameras around St. Sabina. Electricians from the 911 Center install the cameras and they get the word from Orozco, after he gets the word from the Hall. I am sure there is somebody at the 911 Center, or somebody around St. Sabina, monitoring SCC, and can tell us?

Nothing will change because you idiots are the problem. If Daley was photographed sodomizing a golden retriever you can count on my Irish hillbilly neighbors in Edison Park voting for this little turd from Bridgeport. And so would you softball coppers.

"Nothing will change because you idiots are the problem. If Daley was photographed sodomizing a golden retriever you can count on my Irish hillbilly neighbors in Edison Park voting for this little turd from Bridgeport. And so would you softball coppers."

7/22/2009 09:48:00 AM

That is just wrong to suggest that.

Now the goddamn ASPCA is going to suggest that commenters here are advocating elected officials sodomize golden retrievers.

Personally I would picture Hizzoner with a tiny poodle. The retriever would just laugh at him and ask if he started yet.

To the Guy Who Tried to Mug Me in Downtown Savannah night before last.

Date: 2009-03-23, 3:43 A M EST I was the guy with the black Burberry jacket that you demanded Ihand over, shortly after you pulled the knife on me and my girlfriend.You also asked for my girlfriend's purse and earrings. I hope you somehow come across this message. I'd like to apologize. I didn't expect you to crap in your pants when I drew my pistol after you took my jacket. Truth is, I was wearing the jacket for a reason thatevening, and it wasn't that cold outside. You see, my girlfriend hadjust bought me that Kimber Model 1911 .45 A CP pistol for Christmas,and we had just picked up a shoulder holster for it that evening.Beautiful pistol, he? It's a very intimidating weapon when pointed atyour head, isn't it? I know it probably wasn't a great deal of funwalking back to wherever you'd come from with that brown sludgeflopping about in your pants. I'm sure it was even worse since youalso ended up leaving your shoes, cellphone, and wallet with me. Icouldn't have you calling up any of your buddies to come help you tryto mug us again. I took the liberty of calling your mother, or "Momma"as you had her listed in your cell, and explaining to her yoursituation.. I also bought myself and four other people in the gasstation this morning a tank full of gas on your credit card. The guywith the big motor home took 150 gallons and was extremely grate ful!I gave your shoes to one of the homeless guys over by Vinnie Van GoGo's, along with all of the cash in your wallet. I threw the walletin a fancy pink "pimp mobile" parked at the curb after I broke thewindshield and side window out and keyed the drivers side. I called abunch of phone sex numbers from your cellphone. They'll be on yourbill in case you'd like to know which ones. Ma Bell just shut downthe line, and I've only had the phone for a little over a day now, soI don't know what's going on with that. I hope they haven'tpermanently cut off your service. I could only get in two threateningphone calls to the D A 's office and one to the FBI with it. The FBI guywas really pissed and we had a long chat (I guess while he traced the number). I'd also like to apologize for not killing you and insteadmaking you walk back home humiliated. I'm hoping that you'llreconsider your choice of path in life. Next time you might not be so lucky.. - Alex P.S. Remember this motto....... an armed society is a polite society!

There was a 24/7 detail at Joe Airhart's brother's house for more than a year after Joe (God rest his soul) was shot and in a coma. Joe's brother complained that the media was bothering him, so he got round-the-clock police protection in front of his house for the longest time... I think it was like 18 months.

Now, most of us are all FOR protecting the family of one of our own... but this guy demanded and got 24/7 protection right in front of his house in the busiest district in the city. And it wasn't like he was threatened by evil neer-do-wells, it was to protect him from questions from the media???

Couldn't he just have treated them like Jahovah's Witnesses and not answered the door like the rest of us do?

Unbelieveable.

To make matters worse, if he looked out the window and din't see that marked squad there, he called the commander and heads would roll. There were a few times when there were shots fired and coppers were chasing some dirtbag with a gun within a block or two of the brother's house, so the coppers assigned to the detail left for a few minutes to help chase down the bad guy, because it's the right thing to do, right? Well, Airhart's brother would make a call and complain and the officers would be reamed for leaving the detail for a few minutes to help fellow officers in a life-threatening situation.

Again, I'm all for looking out for the family of one of our own, but this guy tied up a car and manpower in the busiest, most severely under-manned district in the city for no real good reason at all.

All the District Park cars, every civillian with a CPD vehicle, no civillian should be in a possition with the CPD where he/she is on call 24/7. All aldermanic detail personnel and vehicles. Aldermen should have to by their own cars like us, license them like us, and insure them like us. Maybe they would realize why we bitch and moan every time they raise our tax for these options (when is the last time you think Burke or Daley paid the City tax on a new car?).

Hey Who gives a fuck anyway. In some districts they hold down cars for basketball games. Thats a fucking waste. Go to work answear your jobs, stay safe and go home. Let them detail all the cars they want. When citizens come up to me bitching about no police presence, I tell them the truth, the Major doesnt want to hire police. When they say the drug dealers sell dope all day , i tell them to consider moving somewhere else. The truth is that most of the bad shit in Chicago is not going to change any time sone, in fact its probably going to get worse.

OT: Condolences to the friends and family of Detective Marc DiNardo, Jersey City PD who succombed to wounds rec'vd in a gun battle on the street last week and who passed away yesterday. Today would have been his 38th birthday.

Our thoughts and prayers are with the Jersey City force and all men & women in blue everywhere. It's a warzone out there.

Hello, I read this with disgust as a now laid off worker. Just got back from the hospital visiting my 20 year old nephew,who was hit directly in the face with a baseball bat,and his friend was hit in the back of the head with the same bat. Seems some gang banging mexican kids calling themselves the "54 boys" from archer and austin area,decided to start up and now my nephew is fighting to survive. Why does the commander over tere the nurse told me his name is "kup" not have police in this area patrolling? I asked a patrol officer and she told me she was sent "constantly" over to western ave,and that her sergeant never objects to taking a much needed patrol away from the tax paying areas,to put them in an area of non tax payers.

I can only hope and pray that it is not 1 of your sons or daughters that are attacked by these savage punks, if you could see my nephew please prayers are needed! Thanks for all you do, to the management you need to retire or resign your a disgrace to the citizens of this once great city! Mayor you to sir take the weak alderman zalewski with you,maybe he could show you how to get drunk and gamble!! I am looking at a home in tennessee and hope to get out of this crime ridden city soon!! Oh and thanks to whoever SCC is, your a brave soul for letting people especially hard working officers "VENT"!

"tact LT. in 022 just got dumped for low numbers---but 2 tact cars are held down at racine courts (CHA) and the 11500-11700 blocks of south church st in 022. hey residents of beats 2211 and 2212, you wanna know why there are no police cars in your area---details!!!!!"

Tact Lt. most likely got dumped in 022 because he couldn't or WOULDN'T light a fire under you slackers!!!"It's time for a change!!!!!!

Dear scc: that 906 detail in 009 is also a 10~4 unit. when the inside people had to go on the street one of the dc's boys had to be taken care of so he put him on the 906 car with his other boy. And while we are at it how about the "faith based" caps initiative. Caps officers working with churches.

Nothing will change because you idiots are the problem. If Daley was photographed sodomizing a golden retriever you can count on my Irish hillbilly neighbors in Edison Park voting for this little turd from Bridgeport. And so would you softball coppers.

I thought it was illegal to mix government [police services] and religion, and that doing it disqualifies the do'er from tax-exempt IRS Status... So, IRS, where are you????Does the IRS also allow some to be above the Law, when others aren't? What about at least checking it out?

How bout the two foot officers detailed to St. Ignatius H.S. in 012. There used to be 1 there for years now there's a second thats supposed to be on light duty. But don't ask about a school that most of this city's most affluent people send their children to. We'll pay for 2 CPD officers/H.S. security guards for a school that most of us can't afford to send our own children to. Chgo politics at work.

For all of the people that are bitching to get out of patrol, here you go. Just make sure you no how too spell and knot right something with poor grammer.

Notice of Job Opportunity

The Research and Development Division is seeking applicants below the rank of Sergeant to be detailed to work on a year-long “Comprehensive Policy Review” project. In the course of the project, a new vision for the way in which Department policy is created and maintained will be actualized. The ultimate goal of the project is to consolidate, update and eliminate unnecessary existing Department directives, during which time the policy practices of the Department will be fundamentally changed. The best candidates will have: knowledge of the Department’s written directives system and the content of directives; excellent written and oral communication and organizational skills; the ability to work under tight deadlines in a team environment; and competency in Word and Excel. Interested candidates should send a cover letter, resume, and writing sample to the Director of the Research and Development Division no later than 1300 hours 31 July 2009. Applicants selected for an interview will be notified the first week of August 2009.

Nothing will change because you idiots are the problem. If Daley was photographed sodomizing a golden retriever you can count on my Irish hillbilly neighbors in Edison Park voting for this little turd from Bridgeport. And so would you softball coppers.

7/22/2009 09:48:00 AM

Speak for yourself. I'd vote for an aids infected crack whore before I'd vote for the Wizard of Id.

OT...I noticed that daley is starting to privatize ..... For the first time I saw an outside outsider picking up the garbage in the city parks instead of the regular city/ workers / trucks ......Thats our money in the going in the garbage

Elijah Muhammad, whos real name was Poole, was a bust out from Georgia with a 4th grade education. Then he saw the money in religion and became one of the best con man reverends ever. The FBI said he ordered the murder of Malcomb X so he wasn't all bad.

first off the racine courts car is federally funded by the goverment. all housing complexes have a housing car. if you have projects in your district, you have a housing car. the city mandated a car to be just used as housing cars because they are given federal money for these cars. if the city doesnt put the housing cars up everyday, they loose the federal money.

Four cameras, $18,000 each, installed around the church per the ass-kisser Orosco. Is the same scab that crossed union lines during the firefighter stike in 1980? If so, I know why the mayor loves him so much. $72,000, plus the material and labor costs to install the cameras, so the radical, police-hating priest can bring in the votes for Daley next time around. Pathetic.

Talk about details are you kidding! Details on this job have been going on since this city incorporated. The mayors office has always pimped out the police to whoever he desires, because he can.If someone good with stats were to research and calculate the loss of revenue to taxpayers in this town the numbers would be mind boggling. The Mayors office has always controlled the Police Dept and always will. Very sad, but what can you really do to change this?

Not only are they writing for city stickers, they are writing every thing.

I had a guy go down my street today in his personal car, in jeans and a t-shirt and hung a ticket on almost every car for one thing or another.

Now what bothered me was he went down the street the wrong way and blocked the street to hang the tickets.

Watch out for these guys and write any violations you can. one way street, alley as a thoroughfare, cracked windshield, obstruction of traffic and bald tires.

The Dept. of Revenue vehicles are not Emergency vehicles nor are their personal cars. They are not exempt and have no authority to disregard the traffic laws to hang parking tickets.

They won't give you a break!!!

And now they are trying to pass an Ordinance to allow these untrained civilian ticket writers to make arrests. WTF???

Now lets talk GARBAGE!

Have you seen the 100 or so brand new garbage trucks the City just bought? So nice and shinny.

Now the Mayor is going to lay off over 100 drivers. All because they won't give back the contract they negotiated in good faith.

Where the hell did he get the money to buy all these new trucks at $80,000 or more a pop? I was also told that they expect 100 or so new snow plows to arrived in the next few months also.

Who got the contract for the purchase, we all know the city did not buy them direct and hired a broker (clout) to middle the deal and make shit load of $$$.

Now who is going to drive them because we all know he cant afford to pay the teamsters, or so he says.

A lot of Streets and San. bosses have take home cars with red/blue lights and sirens. For What???

Civilian bosses in Fleet management have take home Police cars with lights and sirens. For what???

Why do the District managers (civilians) have and drive Police cars?

Why do the Crossing guard supervisors drive Police cars?

Why do they allow the unarmed Police Cadets to drive around in marked Police cars with Police radios? I thought the City Ordinance states you must be 21 years old to operate a City vehicle.

Why do certain (special/Clout) detectives get to take cars home and are/or assigned to a car that no one else is allowed to use. This while other detectives are driving cars that should have been scraped years ago?

Why do the Detectives in Cold Case and all the supervisors who work there get take home cars? FOR WHAT???

Why do the officers who work in personnel and recruit processing all get take home cars?

The list is endless and if you really knew the number of take home cars in this dept and other city agencies you would not believe it!

The control of dept vehicles is a joke. No one ever signs them out as required. We have Police and covert vehicles in my unit that are missing for days on end and no one has any idea where the vehicle is or what it is being used for

Then one day the car is back. They don't know where it has been or who had the car. No questions asked.

I travel through southern states a lot and happen to see huge churches of all faiths at times when they are holding services. They always had people in vests identifying them as church members who did not appear to carry weapons yet controlled traffic all around the church lot, and away from the church without incident. Why do Chicago area churches need armed police?

Next week the hood rats will be at the Academy to "register" for their classes.There will be a "Security company" contracted by the city to provide one on one guidance to the little darlings. The company is called:http://www.eesforjobs.com/index.html

Funy that a private company, that gets goveernment funding, uses public buildings for its offices.Wonder what the rent is?Wonder who is connected to this company?Wonder who the "secruity guards" will be?

You can be sure of one thing, they won't be off duty police officers or anyone of such high caliber.

Nothing will change because you idiots are the problem. If Daley was photographed sodomizing a golden retriever you can count on my Irish hillbilly neighbors in Edison Park voting for this little turd from Bridgeport. And so would you softball coppers.

7/22/2009 09:48:00 AM*************

I resent that remark. Working people in Edison Park that haven't drunk the KoolAid yet wouldn't vote for Daley if the alternative was death. I'm not a cop, a city worker, a blue collar worker at all for that matter and there's no way in fuck I want that assclown or any of the other idiots in charge running the freak show.

How about the sox detail. 2 coppers at Cominsky pk for the duration of the game. They get to blast after it's over. First pitch to last out . Never an 8. Never! "925s, we have 1 to go to 009". Make it fast so we can continue to watch the game for free beoches

ot: i kind of don't understand not hiring police officers. don't we generate a lot of revenue? when we had a contract i usually wrote 5 tickets a day. which would equate to around 125,000 for the entire year. that's almost paying for 2 police officers. since not having a contract i think i've wrote 3 tickets tops for the past 2+ years. if daley want more money for this city, hire cops, give us a contract, get rid of so many gold stars, get rid of all the take home cars... daley, you will get more money with more police officers. it's almost a fact!

Nothing will change because you idiots are the problem. If Daley was photographed sodomizing a golden retriever you can count on my Irish hillbilly neighbors in Edison Park voting for this little turd from Bridgeport. And so would you softball coppers.

7/22/2009 09:48:00 AM

Do you REALLY think the voting in Chicago is LEGIT???? Give me a break. Quit blaming voters!

Nothing will change because you idiots are the problem. If Daley was photographed sodomizing a golden retriever you can count on my Irish hillbilly neighbors in Edison Park voting for this little turd from Bridgeport. And so would you softball coppers.

In every District and in some units tere are at least 40-50 people "detailed out" to various places, some narcotics, some TRu some MSF oter to gun teams, area mission teams and oter assorted bull sit units, I am not saying some of tese folks arnt busting their ass's and actually doing police work either at the direction of the Area Seputy or others, however basic police services are still delivered to the public through a beat car, That is where the shortages are at in the Districts.

Media types who read this blog to get tips clues and leads to bigger stories look into these facts . You get the bull shit oh District XX has 345 people in it. BULL SHIT look at the numbers detailed out, substantial believe me. Look a little deeper media folks, look at the numbers of one man cars that should be two man, look at the partial comp time granted during a tour . Those numbers will show a beat car up when acyually after 2-3 hours that officer goes home and the car is down. Read between the lines dont believe the bull shit coming out of 35th St. and City Hall. Protect the citizens with real investigative journalism. I challenge you to do that. Look at the assigned numbers of personnel who are assigned out of 'Detached Services " that is a total ghost unit those aremostly POs some Sgts. who are assigned to DEA, FBI task Force, US Marshalls office bodyguard details to assorted politicians and reverends. At least 200 of those. Most have Take home cars from the agency they are with and an unlimited overtime budget from that agency or a guaranteed amount of overtime each month. A pretty sweet deal. Iam not saying some of these folks arnt working hard, but what did they come on this job to do? Many of them are clout babies who got these jobs vecause they knew someone. What did they come on the CPD to do? Be a beat officer right. Times ate tight, your brothers in blue you left behind are hurting. Media investigate it expose it. J- Fed I challenge you to cancel all details and bring them back and put them in blue suits again assign them to District Law Enforcement where they all should be. Sorry guys and girls in these great spots but maybe you need a dose of reality.

Can someone tell me what "official business" the tall, boyish looking, blond, F/2, dressed in shorts and a tee shirt (no gun, star, vest) have at the wine bar at Balmoral and Ravenswood tonight? She got out of a sliver, umarked car, M160250 and walked right over to the outdoor patio.

can we all start naming all the details that the city (through the C.P.D.) provides all over the city.wasting TAX-PAYERS' money. i know up in the 023rd district, there is a police car sitting by a building for 1 whole hour every morning.

Nothing will change because you idiots are the problem. If Daley was photographed sodomizing a golden retriever you can count on my Irish hillbilly neighbors in Edison Park voting for this little turd from Bridgeport. And so would you softball coppers.

7/22/2009 09:48:00 AM

Ordinarily, I would take offense to that remark, but you're correct. They would still vote for the fool.

OMG --- Obama just said that the Harvard law professor who broke into his own home and was arrested, Dr Henry Louis Gates Jr., was a friend of his and though he was "not familiar with the whole story", he accused the Cambridge, MA police of acting "stupidly" for arresting him.

The arresting officer stated that Gates told him he had "no idea who he was messing with," the report said.

Gates told the officer that he was being targeted because "I'm a black man in America."

The police report said Gates was arrested after he yelled at the investigating officer repeatedly inside the residence then followed the officer outside, where Gates continued to upbraid him. "It was at that time that I informed Professor Gates that he was under arrest," the officer wrote in the report.

what about the car that has to sit and watch the unmanned prisoner van that is parked in different spots across the city to "scare" gang bangers? I mean do we really believe they are afraid of a prisoner van? This truck is moved to different blocks and then has to have a beat car sit with it to make sure no one messes with it. HAHAHAHAHAHA who the fuck came up with this idea?

344am is a moron. It has NOTHING to do with the catholic church and EVERYTHING to do with dirty aldermen and play "reverends" CROE, Meeks and others have cars assigned too and they arent catholic churches.

Hey 948am shouldnt you firemen create your own blog. CLOWN!!! I dont know any coppers that would vote for daley. Not to mention you are probably one of the winners that voted for "change"! thats working out real well huh? I assume you are a fireman since you live in edison park and refer to us as coppers. You are either or fireman or another jackass city employee making more than us for doing WAY less

Nothing will change because you idiots are the problem. If Daley was photographed sodomizing a golden retriever you can count on my Irish hillbilly neighbors in Edison Park voting for this little turd from Bridgeport. And so would you softball coppers.

The President of the United States claims that the police acted "stupidly" during the incident involving the yo yo in Cambridge.

Until now I was on the fence, while I understood why some officers were choosing to just handle their jobs, and not make any greater effort, it wasnt an attitude I was comfortable with, notwithstanding the current political climate.

However, after the President's comments Ive given in. A complete 180. Any officer, doing anything more than whats required, has just got to be insane. The handwriting is clear, concise and picture perfect.

My apologies to those officers I may have frowned upon in the past for a do nothing attitude.

Its completely useless anymore. All I ask is that those officers working where the majority of us live, continue to provide for the saftey of our families.

I really want to SALUTE this guy, he is my HEROE! I wish there is more guys like him out there. I bet the SAVAGE is wearing the same pants that he shitted on, when the other guy pointed the gun at his head…now he does not like to be called a SHITHEAD but SHITTY PANTS!

tact LT. in 022 just got dumped for low numbers---but 2 tact cars are held down at racine courts (CHA) and the 11500-11700 blocks of south church st in 022. hey residents of beats 2211 and 2212, you wanna know why there are no police cars in your area---details!!!!!

NO sympathy here, live by the political hand, die by it. Not meaning this boss was good or bad, but not forcing your guys to do unethical things and caring about their well-being and safety is where it's at, not the "Go out and make me look good" attitude. If that Lt. is a real man, he should have no shame, probably should be proud, numbers really don't mean shit, it's all about being able to look at yourself in the mirror in the morning, knowing you did the right things for your troops and took care of them, not what the piss-ant Mayor and his political whores in the Police Department want, because they're always the ones who want the most done, although they do the least, except when it comes to political dick-sucking. If you don't believe me, just watch them in action....

Why do you all keep lying to the media about not being short on police officers patrolling our streets? Why are you not hiring more officers? Why are you denying that our officers are getting pulled from our districts- thus leaving our kids vulnerable to violence? Our officers ARE getting pulled from our districts and our quality of life is plummeting! We need our districts to be manned and Superintendent Weis- Give all of the officers the resources to do their job. When we have lots of uniform and plainclothes officers scouring for PATROL CARS and UNMARKED CARS- that’s a sad day. Provide enough cars, computers and radios! Our officers should not have to search for 30 minutes for keys or cars!! We should show them enough respect to provide the necessary tools for their job.

People, We should also be a society of Law Enforcement SUPPORTERS- just because some do wrong or act unprofessional- does not mean that we should judge them as a whole. Blanket statements or broad beliefs such as these would not be accepted if it was a minority group- so why is it widely accepted when the victims are police officers? Let's give our officers a contract and start showing our kids to respect our police officers.

The quality of life is deteriorating in the 12th District and we, the residents, need you Mr. Weis and Mayor Daley TO STOP PULLING OUR RESOURCES FROM OUR DISTRICTS. It is becoming a Zoo in Pilsen. Unlike some other communities of the city, there are many hardworking individuals and law- abiding residents whom actually support our police in Pilsen and more importantly, WE STAND A CHANCE AT RIDDING OURSELVES OF THESE PETTY LITTLE GANGS THAT ARE CAUSING HAVOC ON OUR STREETS.

Stop pulling our officers from all of our districts!

To all the idiotic gangs of Pilsen... What is it that you are fighting for? To flash your gang signs and yell your gang slogans to a bunch of mothers outside playing with their children (ages 3 months- 12 years) Pure stupidity! Yeah, real tough guys! We are educated Latinas- We are not going to stand by and take this quietly! You do not own the streets, the corners- nothing! You are all NOTHINGS! We shouldn't have to move because of you. We should be able to stay on the blocks that we were born on. We as mothers should not have to get shot in the back or in the head and killed- leaving behind our kids. Our kids should be able to play in Harrison Park or Dvorak Park- SAFELY! We should be able to take our kids for long walks or bike rides without having the fear that we are crossing into gang territories! Our sons and daughters should be able to play in front of their home without ending up dead like Ana Mateo (August 20, 2003).

hOW ABOUT THE MAYOR GIVE ANOTHER CONTRACT TO HIS FORMER DETAIL GUYS WHO ARE NOW MILLIONAIRES THANKS TO ALL THE CITY CONTRACTS! They could send their $8.00 per hour gurads to gurad the mayor and his family and charge the taxpayers $150.00 per hour!

A Pro-Police Pilsen Resident.___________________________________Well you're gonna need to. Because the city is attempting to cut the police department by 1/3 by putting everyone in 10 hour shifts and elimininating the manpower of the third shift reducing the police department to 6800 officers. Good luck!

Four cameras, $18,000 each, installed around the church per the ass-kisser Orosco. Is the same scab that crossed union lines during the firefighter stike in 1980? If so, I know why the mayor loves him so much. $72,000, plus the material and labor costs to install the cameras, so the radical, police-hating priest can bring in the votes for Daley next time around. Pathetic.7/22/2009 02:09:00 PM

Hey, everybody look, its “Mr. Pro-union” over here! First off, I’m willing to bet that you weren’t even around for The Strike. Second, you probably talk shit about Firemen ever time you drive by a house. Third, “crossed union lines”… That’s hilarious! Your killing me! Are all of those firemen “Union” employees on the 2 days off while working the side job? As in Union plumbers, Union electricians, Union carpenters…? I’m not sayin, I’m just sayin….

Can someone tell me what "official business" the tall, boyish looking, blond, F/2, dressed in shorts and a tee shirt (no gun, star, vest) have at the wine bar at Balmoral and Ravenswood tonight? She got out of a sliver, umarked car, M160250 and walked right over to the outdoor patio.

7/22/2009 06:55:00 PM

Who does the plate come back too? Is it a "City" car? Or a "Police" car?

The bigger question should be, why is POTUS getting involved in local issues.You would NEVER see Bush, Clinton, Reagan, etc get involved in ANY local issues. Yet this numbnuts has to throw his two cents into something that he knows nothing of other than having read something in a newspapaer.

Earlier this month, the Sun-Times reported that Grand Crossing Police Cmdr. Ernest T. Brown ordered that a squad car park in front of Troutman’s home from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays because she was burglarized.

////////////////////Know this was long time ago, just thought it was worth mentioning. Remember why eb is here and who his friends are...

To make matters worse, if he looked out the window and din't see that marked squad there, he called the commander and heads would roll. There were a few times when there were shots fired and coppers were chasing some dirtbag with a gun within a block or two of the brother's house, so the coppers assigned to the detail left for a few minutes to help chase down the bad guy, because it's the right thing to do, right? Well, Airhart's brother would make a call and complain and the officers would be reamed for leaving the detail for a few minutes to help fellow officers in a life-threatening situation.

Again, I'm all for looking out for the family of one of our own, but this guy tied up a car and manpower in the busiest, most severely under-manned district in the city for no real good reason at all.

As always, the squeaky wheel gets the grease.

This is your tax dollars at work, people.

7/22/2009 10:41:00 AM--------------------I can't even find words to say about this post. You smug, self-righteous SOB.

Joe Airhart's family's HOME, which was outfitted for his part-time residence, with a fully functional 'hospital'-type room, when he was doing 'well' enough to occasionally be home from the Rehab Institute, was under police guard.

He deserved it. You? Well, I've thought about what YOU deserve, but I'm going to be decent enough NOT to write it here. Really, how dare you equate Airhart with what we're talking about here?

The problem in Chicago/Cook County/Illinois isn't that the voters keep electing corrupt politicians; that's to simplistic. Problem is that the political process fails to attract and cultivate any candidate who hasn't suspect motives and long political ties. Actually Obama was fairly clean for an Illinois politician. Most of our local candidates are so "Daleyed-up" that even a supposed reformer like Forrest Claypool still has years at the political trough in Chicago. (By the way, still don't understand Claypool's sudden decision to not run for Cook County president AND to not run for County Board re-election.)

You guys.... think about what you are doing. We all know that there are many details in this city. Some deserved and some not. BUT this is part of a police officers job in the community. Its not so bad, sometimes it sucks but the community is being served in many mays besides catching the bad guys. Don't forget that. Now what you are doing here is making very strong cases for the city to hire security guards and need less of us. Think ahead guys.

Now what you are doing here is making very strong cases for the city to hire security guards and need less of us. Think ahead guys.

7/23/2009 05:49:00 PM-------------------Um, no. But a very strong case IS being made for Farrakhan (sp?), Burke, the Cardinal, the churches on Sunday and the temples on Saturday... to hire their OWN security guards.